Harland Sanders is born just outside Henryville, Indiana.Harland Sanders holds a variety of jobs including: farm hand, streetcar conductor, army private in Cuba, blacksmith\\\'s helper, rail yard fireman, insurance salesman, tire salesman and service station operator for Standard Oil.In the midst of the depression, Harland Sanders opens his first restaurant in the small front room of a gas station in Corbin, Kentucky. Sanders serves as station operator, chief cook and cashier and names the dining area \\\"Sanders Court & Caf?.\\\"Kentucky... View
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Harland Sanders is born just outside Henryville, Indiana.Harland Sanders holds a variety of jobs including: farm hand, streetcar conductor, army private in Cuba, blacksmith\\\'s helper, rail yard fireman, insurance salesman, tire salesman and service station operator for Standard Oil.In the midst of the depression, Harland Sanders opens his first restaurant in the small front room of a gas station in Corbin, Kentucky. Sanders serves as station operator, chief cook and cashier and names the dining area \\\"Sanders Court & Caf?.\\\"Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon makes Harland Sanders an honorary Kentucky Colonel in recognition of his contributions to the state\\\'s cuisineThe Sanders Court & Caf? adds a motel and expands the restaurant to 142 seats. The Sanders Court & Caf? is first listed in Duncan Hines\\\' \\\"Adventures in Good Eating.\\\" Fire destroys The Sanders Court & Caf?, but it is rebuilt and reopened.The pressure cooker is introduced. Soon thereafter Colonel Sanders begins using it to fry his chicken to give customers fresh chicken, faster.